Band for garments



Aug. 23', 1932.

MMH W INVENTOR (70/212 Iflazyreaaew BY 2 I z X M ETTORNEYS Patented Aug.23, 1932 STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN F. HARGREAVES, OF BALTIMORE,MARYLAND, ASSIGNOB TO THE FAULTLESS MANUFACTURING. OOMTPANY, OFBALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A. CORPORATION 01' MARYLAND BAND FOR GARMENT!!Application filed August 29, 1931. Serial 1T0. 560,080.

The present invention relates broadly to garments and more especially toelastic band for undergarments.

The present invention is an improvement upon the band disclosed in theHarsh Reissue 16,641, reissued May 31, 1927.

The Harsh patent referred'to discloses a waist band of elastic materialfolded over a strip of rubber and sewed through and through by two rowsof stretchable stitching, in such manner, as to comprise an article of'manufacture subsequently adapted to be sewed to a garment. The resultis a satisfactory waistband, in which, however, sev-' stretching on theskin of the wearer;

The present invention comprises a band for garments formed by folding asheath of textile material, preferably stretchable, around a fiat strip0 sheet rubber, introducing an edge of the garment into the fold of thesheath, and then sewing the fold or seam of the sheath by stretchablestitching. Preferably, this seam of the sheath is at the lower 'edge ofthe band, and at the top 'of the gar- -ment. By this construction aminimum amount of material is used in producing the band, and the mainportion of the band, namely, the entire width thereof above the loweredge com rises a freely movable sheath enclosing the fiat strip ofrubber, so that the sheath and the rubber have substantially independentmovement over the' major portion of the band. This independ ent movementis especially desirable ad acent the upper edge of the band which is inpart likely to be subjected to the most stretch ng.

This construction produces an extremely com- .fortable band with aminimum amount of material, and also a minimum amount of labor inconstructing the band.

Fig. 1 is a front view of the construction,

illogillg how parts are folded to form the Fig. 2 is a back viewillustrating the smoothness of the band on the side next to the wearersskin.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic cross section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a sheath 1, preferably oftextile material stretchable in a longitudinal direction, en-

closes a thin flat strip of sheet rubber 2', in

such manner that the sheet is adapted to form an overlap seam near oneedge of the rubber band 2, and to this end the sheath material iswrapped around the said edge as at 4, in Fig. 1. The garment 5 has afree edge 6, which is extended into the seam of the sheath so that theedge 6 of the garment is'between the portions 4 and 7 of the sheath,Fig. 1. With the sheath, in such manner as to provide an elastic band,wherein the sheet rubber comprising the elastic member is securelyanchoredand at the same time isloosely enclosed within the major portionof the textile sheath. This produces an extremely comfortable band inthat a movement is permitted between the rubber and the major portionof-the sheath at all times. This freedom of movement of the parts isparticularly noticeable adjacent the upper edge of the band which is thepart where the most appreciable efi'ect on the band of the weareroccurs. Preferably, the garment 5 is shirred at 14 slightly adjacent theseam where the garment goes into the'sheath in order to provide properfullness to the garment. It also will be noted, that the sheath liesperfectly rubber band.

It will be observed that the elastic band in the present case is formedwith a minimum amount of material, and is secured to the garparts inthis position, a'single pair of double y flat against the sides of'thement by means of a single seam thereby minimizing the steps inmanufacture, and at the same time producing a comfortable and artisticpiece of wearing apparel.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. A band for garments com risinga thin flat strip of elastic sheet rub er; a textile sheath ofstretchable material folded around saidrubber to form an overlapadjacent one edge of said rubber; a garment; an dge of said garmentextending between the overlapped portions of the sheath; stretchablestitches passing through the overlapped portion of the sheath, the edgeof the garment, the edge of the sheet rubber strip, and the face of thesheath to anchor the sheath closed and to anchor the band to thegarment.

2. A band for a garment comprising a strip of elastic sheet rubber, asheath of textile material enclosing said strip with the edges of thesheath overlapped adjacent one edge of said strip, the edge of a garmentextending into said sheath between said overlapped portions, and a rowof double stitching enclosing the free edge of said sheath and anchorlngthe band to the garment and anchoring the rubber in place within saidband with the opposite edge of the sheath and band free to move withinlimits permitted by said rows of stitching.

JOHN F. HARGREAVES.

